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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14353072

OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,ELECTROCUTED,E GI IA,LOAD LINE,TRAILER,CRANE

Event
OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,ELECTROCUTED,E GI IA,LOAD LINE,TRAILER,CRANE
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14353072
Report ID
418600

Event description

ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU LOAD LINE

Investigation abstract

An employee was getting onto a tractor-trailer to unload bridge timbers. While h e had one hand on the trailer and one foot on the ground, the load line on a cra ne contacted an overhead power line and, simultaneously, swung into the side of the trailer. The employee was electrocuted.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 28 M

    Nature of injury
    10
    Part of body
    12
    Event type
    13
    Source
    27
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    11
    Environmental factor
    8
    Task assigned
    1

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